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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 20, 1995Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1995, 8:50 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 20, 1995, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 210051
SVRCLE
OHC095-LEZ501-210115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
850 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
AT 845 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH AND THE TOWNS OF CURTIS AND BONO ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.
 
SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OREGON AT 845 PM.
 
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN AS IS MOVES
THROUGH EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY. MOVE TO SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
 
GERARD

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.